Wane

Quick meaning: Wane is a noun meaning A gradual diminution in power, value, intensity etc.

Meaning

A gradual diminution in power, value, intensity etc.

More Meanings

1. (literary) The end of a period.
2. (woodworking) A rounded corner caused by lack of wood, often showing bark.
3. (intransitive) To progressively lose its splendor, value, ardor, power, intensity etc.; to decline.
4. (intransitive) For light to dim or diminish in strength.
5. (intransitive, astronomy) For the Moon to pass through the phases of its monthly cycle where its surface is less and less visible.
6. (intransitive) Said of a time period that comes to an end.
7. The lunar phase during which the sun seems to illuminate less of the moon as its sunlit area becomes progressively smaller as visible from Earth.

Example Sentences

Some French peasants also prefer to sow in the wane.

The day was in its prime, the day was in its wane, and still, uneasy in mind and body, she slept on.

The situation of the Venetian party in the wane of the eighteenth century had become extremely critical.

It was very dark, for although the sky was clear the moon was now well in the wane, and would not rise till the small hours.

Word Forms

• wanes
• waning
• waned

Synonyms for wane

Depending on context, synonyms include decrease, decline, ebb, ebbing.

Antonyms for wane

Common opposites include full, rise, mount, climb.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include decline, ebbing, ebb, dwindle, decrease, diminish.

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